National News
Officials in Germany have charged a 90-year-old man with killing 58 Jewish people. Reports allege the man used to be a member of the SS.
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Former Lieutenant-Colonel István Belovai, who revealed the existence of a widespread spy-ring within NATO to the US government and reportedly prevented a Soviet attack on Western Europe, has died aged 71.
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A Hungarian Bishop, Zoltán Meszlényi, has been recognised as a martyr for his faith by the Catholic Church. Meszlényi is the first of the Hungarian victims of the Stalin-era anti-church persecution to be beatified.
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New York city is to host a five-month festival of theatre, film, music and dance from seven Central and Eastern European countries celebrating the part played by the arts in the demise of Communist dictatorship.
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There are reports from Sweden of possible deaths linked to the H1N1 vaccine; unconfirmed and unwelcome news which will surely complicate the very busy flu season that has descended on most of the northern hemisphere.
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Tony Blinken, national security adviser to Vice President Biden, said that leaders in Warsaw, Bucharest and Prague should think less of what the U.S. can do for them and more about what they can do with the United States.
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The Hungarian historian who was reported to have ‘discovered’ a house belonging to the real “Dracula,” says the claims were inaccurate. Dr Tamás Fedeles says the cellar can indeed be linked to Wallachian Duke Vlad III, but not with any certainty.
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Archaeologists have found a cellar in the university town of Pécs in southern Hungary, which they believe to have belonged to Wallachian Duke Vlad III, more commonly known as ”Dracula.”
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The American-Hungarian Federation (AHF) has held discussions with members of the Obama administration, including the issue of the rights of Slovakia’s large Hungarian minority.
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Whoopi Goldberg sent a video expressing her support of Hungary’s 14th Gay Pride Parade on Saturday. Goldberg says she has been following the event, along with the opposition to it in the country, for years.
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